Let's imagine that you are an Olympic athlete (unless you already are, in which case, congratulations). You have trained for years and qualified to go to the London Summer Games. You go to the Games. You compete. You lose. You are now full of a swirling mix of disappointment because you missed out on a medal and…

Back in January, Nur Suryani Mohamed Taibi received a considerable share of life-changing news. First, she discovered that she was pregnant. Then, two days later, she qualified to represent Malaysia in shooting at the 2012 Olympic Games.

The London Olympics are fast approaching, which means that Bob Costas's Olympics broadcasting cyborg clone is being pulled from his sealed antiaging chamber and briefed on the year 2012, Michael Phelps is plucking every single hair from his flippers, and the US Women's Gymnastics team's interview tinyvoice training is…